Author Heather Darsie on Anna, Duchess of Cleves
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today we welcome author and historian Heather Darsie to the show.
Heather Darsie is the author of Anna, Duchess of Cleves, she has an amazing Facebook page with all kinds of interesting bits of history, you might also recognize Heather's name as a frequent guest on Tudor blogs including TudorsDynasty.com, But what is most exciting is that Heather will be publishing her book on Anne of Cleves very soon!
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Written by: Rebecca Larson
Voiced by: Rebecca Larson & Heather Darsie
Produced by: Rebecca Larson
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tudors Dynasty podcast. And now, Rebecca Larson. |
| 0:12.4 | I'm your host, Rebecca Larson. Welcome to the show. With this podcast, I share a variety of stories from the most well-known dynasty of them all, |
| 0:22.4 | the tutors, from simple stories about the people of the time to the drama that was the reign of Henry the 8th, |
| 0:29.9 | and of course, politics. |
| 0:33.6 | This episode of the podcast is brought to you in part by The Falcon Nest, their handmade history-themed jewelry. |
| 0:41.5 | Now, the Falcon Nest specializes in these gorgeous replicas of Ambulin's famous bee necklace. |
| 0:48.3 | Some of them are made with real pearls. |
| 0:50.3 | They are amazing. |
| 0:51.5 | You can find out more about them at the hyfalcon-hynast.com. |
| 0:57.7 | And be sure to use promo code Tudor's Dynasty to receive 15% off. |
| 1:08.0 | In recent years, this woman has become the fascination of many people, from being the smelly, |
| 1:14.5 | unattractive fourth wife of Henry the 8th to being one of the most fascinating of all his |
| 1:19.9 | consorts. Anne of Cleves may have been the most fortunate of all six tutor women because she |
| 1:26.3 | survived. |
| 1:29.1 | She outlived them all. |
| 1:35.0 | While her treatment after Henry's death has reported to have been less warm during the rule of Somerset, |
| 1:36.9 | I believe she had a happy life. |
| 1:41.1 | But I'll be the first to admit that I don't know everything about the topic. |
| 1:45.1 | On today's show, my guest Heather Darcy knows more. |
| 1:50.7 | Heather became interested in the Renaissance period when she read a biography about Elizabeth the First of England. She saw Elizabeth's world as both foreign yet familiar. For the last |
| 1:56.9 | 10 years, Heather has studied the topic for this episode, and her new book about |
| 2:01.0 | Anne of Cleves, called Anna Duchess of Cleves, will be released in April in the UK |
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